Re: [xml-dev] Concatenating XML files (was Re: [xml-dev] 2007 Predictions)

ah yes, i was forgetting that other high tech tool ;)

David Megginson wrote:
> On 12/01/07, Rick Marshall <> wrote:
>
>> PS and technically I'd like to see the root element dispensed with so
>> that I can eg store XML fragments as valid XML in lots of files and
>> easily combine them into usable xml (using a high tech tool like cat..)
>
> Since that may never happen with XML, you might want to hedge your
> bets by learning the advanced echo (1) technology as well:
>
> $ echo '<foo>' > mydocument.xml
> $ cat fragments/*.xml >> mydocument.xml
> $ echo '</foo>' >> mydocument.xml
>
> (That's assuming that none of your XML files has an XML declaration.)
>
>
> All the best,
>
>
> David
>
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